The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) indicators were developed in partnership by cross-jurisdictional government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander non-government organisations following the release of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children (DSS 2018). Initial development work resulted in a set of draft indicators being produced in 2018.
This report presents data on the 5 indicators for which data are currently available. These 5 indicators relate to the Placement and Connection elements of the ATSICPP. The remaining indicators are still undergoing development. These include indicators relating to the Prevention, Partnership and Participation elements, for which data are currently not available for reporting.
Placing children in out-of-home care in accordance with the established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) placement hierarchy.
| Number |
Indicator |
| Indicator 1.1 |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–17 in in out-of-home care at 30 June who were living with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or non-Indigenous relatives or kin, or other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care who were reconnected to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives and kin through placement change |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care who were reconnected to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives and kin through placement change and remained with relatives for 12 months or more |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care living with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders relatives or kin for the first time |
Maintaining and supporting connections to family, community, culture and country for children in out-of-home care.
| Number |
Indicator |
| Indicator 2.1 |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–17 in out-of-home care at 30 June who were living with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander relatives or kin, or other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers |
| Indicator 2.2 |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–17 in out-of-home care at 30 June who have a current, documented and approved cultural support plan |
| Indicator 2.3 |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–17 in out-of-home care (excluding children on long-term guardianship orders) who were reunified in the reporting period |
| Indicator 2.4 |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–16 who exited out-of-home care to reunification in the reporting period and did not return to out-of-home care within 12 months |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with documented genograms​
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care living with cultural support plans that include the child's cultural background
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with cultural support plans that include actions for the maintenance of the child's culture
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were reunified with their birth parents |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were reunified with their relatives or kin |
| Under development |
The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children reunified, by time from admission |
Protecting children’s rights to grow up in family, community and culture by redressing the causes of child protection intervention.
| Number |
Indicator |
| Under development |
Expenditure on child protection-related services provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisations (ACCOs)
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children receiving child protection services from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisation (ACCOs) |
Ensuring the participation of community representatives in service design, delivery and individual case decisions.
| Number |
Indicator |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children admitted to out-of-home care for whom an ACCO was consulted regarding placement decisions
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with cultural support plans that include the input of an ACCO
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Ensuring the participation of children, parents and family members in decisions regarding the care and protection of their children.
| Number |
Indicator |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children admitted to out-of-home care for whom the input of family regarding placement decisions was collected through a family group conference or family led decision making meeting
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with cultural support plans that include the input of the child
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| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with cultural support plans that include the input of family members |
| Under development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care with cultural support plans that include the input of family collected through a family group conference or family led decision making meeting |
The 5 elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) are all equally important in the implementation of the ATSICPP and, as such, it should be noted that the numbering of these indicators and elements in this report has been chosen only to reflect the order of publication of indicators under these elements, and does not reflect the relative importance of the indicators or elements. As more of the ATSICPP indicators are reported, they will be numbered sequentially.
References
DSS (Department of Social Services) (2018) Protecting Children is Everyone’s Business: National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009–2020 – Fourth Action Plan 2018–20, DSS, Australian Government, accessed 16 June 2020.